Battle of Remle

The Battle of Remle (early May 1799) was a battle of the French Revolutionary Wars that occurred near the town of Ramla in Israel. A French army of 1,181 troops under Louis Desaix advanced from Jerusalem to encounter an Ottoman army of 615 troops led by Laz Galip, who posed a threat to any French maneuvers away from Jerusalem; if Desaix's army was to secure the area around Jerusalem, defeating Galip's army was imperative. The French managed to engage the smaller Ottoman army in battle on the slopes near the gunsmith works of Ramla, and the French defeated the Ottomans in a decisive battle. The French lost only 34 men in a battle that cost the Ottomans 347 men, over half of their army.